Shiv N. Khanna is a Commonwealth Professor of Physics at Virginia Commonwealth University, having been a visiting associate professor at the Northeastern University (1983-84) and a scientific collaborator at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Switzerland (1980-1983). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has been twice the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the College of Humanities and Sciences at VCU. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Materials Science Forum from Trans Tech Publications and Journal of Mathematics and Sciences: Collaborative Explorations. He has co-authored more than 200 research publications in refereed journals, has edited six monographs, and has chaired/co-chaired several International Conferences. Dr. Khanna and his group are involved in theoretical studies of the electronic structure, magnetic properties, and catalytic properties of atomic clusters, cluster assemblies, and nanoscale materials. Along with A. W. Castleman, Jr. at PSU, they have proposed superatoms that extend the Periodic Chart to a third dimension and could lead to novel materials with tunable properties and potential for applications in numerous areas.